Ciprian Gălățanu

Ciprian Gălățanu (born 27 November 1989) is a Romanian sabre fencer, team silver medallist in the 2013 World Fencing Championships.

Ciprian Gălățanu
Personal information
Born (1989-11-27) 27 November 1989
Brașov, Transylvania
NationalityRomanian
Sport
SportFencing
WeaponSabre
Handright-handed
National coachMihai Covaliu
ClubDinamo București
Former coachIulian Bițucă
FIE rankingcurrent ranking
Medal record
World Championships
2013 BudapestTeam
2016 Rio de JaneiroTeam

Career
Gălățanu (right) huddles with team-mates at the 2014 European Championships

Gălățanu took up fencing at CSM Iași under the coaching of Iulian Bițucă. He joined the national team after the 2012 Summer Olympics, when three of its four members retired from sport. His first competition with the team was the Madrid World Cup, where Romania earned a bronze medal.[1] In the 2013 European Championships in Zagreb he reached the quarter-finals, where he was defeated by his captain Tiberiu Dolniceanu.[2] In the team event, Romania were overcome by Italy in the semi-finals, then by Ukraine in the small final, and finished 4th.

At the World Championships in Budapest, Gălățanu was stopped in the second round of the individual event by reigning Olympic champion Áron Szilágyi.[3] In the team event, Romania edged out hosts Hungary in the quarter-finals, then Belarus, but were beaten by Russia in the final and came away with the silver medal.[4] Gălățanu finished the season No.37 in World rankings, a career best as of 2014.

In the 2013–04 season Gălățanu joined Dinamo București, of which national team colleagues Dolniceanu and Iulian Teodosiu are also members. With Dinamo he took part to the European Champion Clubs' Cup in Gödöllő. Dinamo defeated French club Section Paloise in the final to earn the gold medal.[5] At the 2014 European Championships in Strasbourg Gălățanu was defeated in the first round by four-time Olympic medallist Aldo Montano.[6] In the team event, Romania was defeated by Belarus in the quarter-finals and finished 5th. At the 2014 World Championships Gălățanu failed to qualify for the main table of 64 after losing to Benjamin Igoe of the United States. In the team event, Romania ceded to reigning Olympic champions South Korea in the quarter-finals and finished 7th.[7]

References
  1. Roxana Fleșeru (11 February 2013). "Echipa masculină de sabie a luat bronzul la Cupa Mondială de la Madrid". Gazeta Sporturilor (in Romanian).
  2. Roxana Fleșeru, Oana Dușmănescu (20 June 2013). "Au găsit aurul". Gazeta Sporurilor (in Romanian).
  3. Daniel Remeș (7 August 2013). "Prima medalie: Dolniceanu a luat bronz la sabie individual!". ProSport (in Romanian).
  4. Mihai Țenea (10 August 2013). "România, medaliată cu argint în proba masculină de sabie, la Mondialele de la Budapesta" (in Romanian). Agerpres.
  5. "Fencing: Dinamo win European Men's Sabre Champions Cup". Agerpres. 11 March 2014.
  6. Traian Terzian (10 June 2014). "Tiberiu Dolniceanu și Alin Badea, eliminați în turul doi la Campionatele Europene de scrimă" (in Romanian). Mediafax.
  7. Cezara Paraschiv (21 June 2014). "Sabrerii au terminat pe locul 7 Mondialul de la Kazan". ProSport.
  • Profile at the European Fencing Confederation
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